The Cards boss has accepted his share of the blame for the amount of goals conceded at Edgar Street. And he remains optimistic ahead of a busy holiday programme, which continues after the weekend with a home clash with Nuneaton Borough, sandwiched between a mouth-watering double header with in-form Farnborough Town. The immediate task in hand is at Northwich, which is always a difficult challenge at the Drill Field. Cockerill will be hoping for a repeat of the 3-0 triumph in March, which arrived thanks to goals from Charlie Griffin (2) and Steve Perkins. That was the first win for Woking north of Birmingham for six months but only Dave Piper, Chris Sharpling and Jon Boardman remain as those likely to be involved. Jimmy Quinn’s side gave Yeovil Town a real fight in a 2-1 defeat on Saturday while the Cards took a jolt after all the hard work in the past few weeks. The boss admitted to being “gutted” at the 5-0 defeat in Herefordshire but insists that it was down to errors that can be put right on the training ground. “We are looking a decent bunch of players but silly things cost us,” he said. “We’ve moved on a lot in my eyes and we’re now looking at that side of things instead of just saying we’ll play five at the back and no-one gets through us. “I know what we’re trying to build here and the lads are believing in it. “They worked so hard but when you give silly free-kicks away in dangerous areas when you don’t need to, it doesn’t help. I’m delighted with the players’ attitudes and I’m not just going to change my feelings about that because we’ve got beaten 5-0. “We got beaten 5-0 because we gave two silly free-kicks away and we got a man sent off within minutes of the second half. “It was also because I still went for it with four across the middle, two up and three at the back. So I can take half the blame for it. I’m not going to have a go at the players because they kept going.” Cockerill, who admitted to having a slight disagreement with his assistant Matt Crossley as to whether to shut up shop or not after the sending off of Anthony Allman, conceded he is still learning his trade. “I’m always going to be learning,” he said. “If I’m going to be in a managerial position in 10 years time I’ll be delighted. But in 10 years time I’ll still be learning because the game will have moved on. “I’m not going to get down about one result. I’m gutted that we got beaten by five but I know what we’re trying to do and we’re going in the right direction. You can’t legislate for players making poor decisions at vital times.” The boss could make changes at Northwich but is still without the injured Nicky Banger, a player who offers balance in midfield and one who is certainly missed. Cockerill hinted of a possible new signing before the weekend as he continues to create competition for all positions in the squad. But despite the busy schedule ahead, he will focus on one game at a time and he added: “We won at Northwich last season but I’m not thinking about what happened months ago. I’ll take encouragement from what we’ve achieved in the past eight weeks and remain positive.”